Gary Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Form Z Team, I am hoping that the Z team will continue develop and support Maxwell going forward. I own both Maxwell and V-Ray. Both have their strengths and weakness. Together, they make a great toolset. There are a number of documented items (I believe Ben has tracking numbers and reports of issues) that could be addressed for V9. Personally, I would love to see Z clipping planes working again in Maxwell. They used to! I am sure other users have their list of items to address. Can you guys (Z support) give some indication of your commitment to continued development/support of the Maxwell plug-in? Can other Z/Maxwell users express their support for continued development? Thanks, Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanjl Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 Count me in for Maxwell and Vray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Yup, me too for Maxwell still being supported as well as V-ray 🖖 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibui Design Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 If Maxwell support is removed, I must move on to a different modeling program. David Lemelin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyD Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 Maxwell forever! Andrea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ariel Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Keep Maxwell ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipo Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 On 7/1/2019 at 8:37 PM, Shibui Design said: If Maxwell support is removed, I must move on to a different modeling program. I must agree unfortunately David Lemelin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarttec Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Don't worry Maxwell Render development has been occurring in the background and I believe you will see very shortly a major new release of Maxwell Render. By the way it was never the formZ team that developed the Maxwell plugin as time marches on both programs formZ & Maxwell need some updates. All we can ask is that they are talking with the plugin developer so it is ready when their major updates get released shortly. formZ & Maxwell Render continue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted July 16, 2019 Share Posted July 16, 2019 Maybe Pylon could chime in? After all, he did create the Maxwell plugin for FormZ.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted July 16, 2019 Author Share Posted July 16, 2019 I know Ben/Pylon has a tracking list of items Autodessys could address to further the integration between Z and Maxwell. Hopefully we will see some of these items addressed in future releases! Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarttec Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 But the key part is Maxwell Render is about to have a major upgrade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Thank you all for your passion on this issue. The plugin for Maxwell is owned by Next Limit and more recently maintained and improved for them by the Pylon team. While we have made a number of enhancements to the formZ API to support Maxwell over the years, we have no control over the development of the plugin itself. As the formZ API is forward compatible, the current plugin is expected function with v9 and hopefully beyond. We are in discussion with Next Limit about picking up support of the plugin for future versions of Maxwell, however we do not yet know if this will be viable. A lot will depend on how significant the changes are in the next Maxwell API and how much support we can get from Next Limit and Pylon. I encourage everyone to let Next Limit know how important this is to you. If you are into coding and interested in contributing to this effort, please let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted July 17, 2019 Author Share Posted July 17, 2019 Hello Support, Thanks for providing input on this. I fully understand what you are saying about future development on the plugin. To be clear, my hope is that Autodessys would enhance the FormZ api to accommodate existing Maxwell features that are either currently unsupported or have broken over the years (support of z clipping planes for instance). This is what I believe Pylon has a tracking list for. I will reach out to Next Limit and make my desire and interest in continued integration with Z known, as well as my satisfaction with the work Ben has done to date. Thanks, Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugo Posted July 17, 2019 Share Posted July 17, 2019 Maxwell Render is for me too very important to work with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarttec Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 All I know is that formZ & Maxwell Render are due for a new release very shortly and I expect there to be a new Maxwell - whatever that means, but they have taken a while to add any new updates and substantial new capabilities are expected and with V-Ray now moving rapidly towards the 'NEW' spec. So it is up to us that are keen to see Maxwell support continue to ensure that NextLimit works closely with Autodessys and and share specs now for all the new changes still unannounced from both parties. Interesting that Autodessys are in discussion to take of support for the future plugin? Does that mean that Pylon is out of the game? Des 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarttec Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 By the way I mean that after formZ 9 release we will see V-Ray Next soon after. Des 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 (edited) Yes, I really hope FormZ V9 comes out soon along with something from Maxwell. I've really tuned my workflow over the years for the two. I'm still playing with Vray but still haven't included it into my workflow yet, I should really get my skates on! Regarding Maxwell Render; even though it gets a bad rap with rendering speed, it has a very quick setup directly from Fz and some killer functions. Namely, multiLight, instances etc. The scatter function (for planting etc.) is so good. It doesn't slow up the FormZ model at all as they only come into play at rendering time. I mentioned in another thread that Maxwell are very much alive on Twitter & LinkedIn and seem to be posting more often so hopefully that's a good omen. Fingers crossed for the future.. Des Edited July 18, 2019 by Des Shibui Design 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsten Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Without maxwellrender in v9 it doesnt make sense for me to buy formZ-v9... By the way, are there any plans for integrating some other photorealistic render plug-ins (octane, arnold, etc....) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imagix Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 Maxwell support i a necessity for me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted September 26, 2019 Share Posted September 26, 2019 (edited) This post from Fernando Tella in NextLimit... 🤔 It's not specific to MaxwellZ but encouraging for Maxwell in general. Quote I apologize for not paying much attention to the forum lately. The activity here is frenetic lately.You can expect good news in a few weeks.Best,Fernando Edited September 26, 2019 by Des Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pylon Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Hi All, Unfortunately, I am no longer under a regular contract with Next Limit to develop the Maxwell plugin for formZ. Next Limit made it clear that they were quite happy with my development work; my understanding is that this was simply a business / market decision. I have truly enjoyed working on the plugin over the years. Listening to your feedback and gradually improving it was a satisfying process. As I'm no longer in the loop, so to speak, so for technical help with the plugin, consider contacting Next Limit through their customer portal, or else the Maxwell formZ forum here:https://forum.maxwellrender.com/viewforum.php?f=149 It's been a pleasure seeing all the amazing renderings you've made with the plugin! Ben Hugo and palarsen 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkcn Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Many thanks for your very good job, Pylon! We will miss you so much. We still use Maxwell as our primary render engine and we expect NextLimit will continue to develop the plugin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imagix Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Thank you Ben. I sure hope you will hear back from NL soon. I would be very sad not to have Maxwell support for upcoming versions of formZ. Actually, I will probably switch to C4D to be able to keep using future versions of Maxwell – so it's formZ I would be missing. Been a Z user since the early 90's 😢 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 We would all like to see Maxwell for form•Z continue. As mentioned above we are in touch with Next Limit and discussing either us or a 3rd party picking up support for the plugin for future versions of Maxwell and formZ. We continue to encourage everyone to let Next Limit know how important this is to you! palarsen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smarttec Posted October 16, 2019 Share Posted October 16, 2019 It may be worth noting that the new Maxwell Render 5 details will be announced very shortly and it will be a significant update from v4. Watch for more details soon there will be a Upgrade Pre order before release. Shibui Design, palarsen and Des 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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